Pollution-Free Diwali This Year As Supreme Court Bans Sale Of Firecrackers In Delhi-NCR

We all are aware that Delhi ranks on top when it comes to pollution but the Supreme Court has a different plan to make things better. On Monday, the aoex court banned the sale of firecrackers in Delhi and national capital region ahead of Diwali, which will be celebrated on October 19, this year.

It will be a cacophony- and smoke-free Diwali this year in Delhi and in the National Capital Region (NCR), thanks to the Supreme Court.

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While the SC had issued a similar ban in the NCR region last year, it didn't have the opportunity to observe the impact on pollution levels, it said. Therefore, it also ordered that a relevant agency compute the impact of a noise-and smoke-free festival this year.

The SC simultaneously suspended all licenses issued by the Delhi Police to shopkeepers that allowed them to sell fireworks.

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The SC allowed the sale of firecrackers to resume after November 1 this year.